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flemmings ([personal profile] flemmings) wrote2010-11-03 08:04 am
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Having one of those achey ouchy mornings but then read this article on the winners of the 50 million lottery. (Hush, that's a *big* lottery for us.)
A Vancouver couple who are marking their 30th anniversary next month will have plenty to celebrate after winning a $50-million lottery jackpot.

Kurt and Claude Blanchette-Ebert claimed the winning ticket for last week's Lotto Max draw on Tuesday in front of media.

Kurt, a pastry chef, said he and his partner have faced some tough financial times lately and the win is icing on their cake.
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Claude Blanchette-Ebert, 52, had worked as an upholsterer. Both he and his partner have since quit their jobs.
Claude is a woman's name in French so it took me until that paragraph to twig that they're both guys.
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[identity profile] flemmings.livejournal.com 2010-11-03 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
The Murcans regularly do 100+ million lotteries, so ours seem peanuts by comparison. Though 50 million is, yeah, a lot of money...